Neko's Bizarre Adventure Pt 2 - Road Trip Tendency
My adventure continues. As I gear up to leave Texas on Sunday morning.
Yesterday was an interesting day. I had originally planned to leave around 6am, get an early start and get to Albuquerque before dark. Well, that plan didn't work out. Instead of waking up at 5am, I slept through my alarm and woke up after 6. So not only am I am hour behind, I still have a few things to pack into the car, like the suitcase of video game consoles and my cats. Oh now, that was fun.
I waited until both cats had their breakfast and their morning potty break. Then as I finished packing up the car, and getting suspicious stares from Sadie, I corralled my cats into the bathroom, their kennels prepped with calming collars attached and some of my worn t-shirts lining the inside. I had this thought in my head that they would need harnesses, so I fitted both of my cats into them, of course they immediately cower down in disgust. It did make it easier to stuff them into their kennels. At this point, I was ready to leave the house, cats in tow. And then the yowling begins.
As I said my goodbyes to my brother in law/roommate, my first stop was at my sister in law's house, where my mother in law was staying. It was already 7 and the sun was up. By the time I met up with her, situated a few last things and said our goodbyes to the fam, we left after 8. So, there goes 2 hours....
Now, if you're from Texas, you know how damn big it is. That being said, it felt like forever before we even crossed into New Mexico. After a few GPS fails and getting turned around by accidentally ending up on business roads, we made it to our first pit stop in Wichita Falls for breakfast. It was really hard to stay awake, so this was a welcome break. I was not comfortable with leaving the cats in the car, so we parked where we could see the cars, I cracked the windows a bit, and we were able to chill for a bit and eat breakfast.
The next 5 hours went fairly smooth. Made one stop in Amarillo to make a Walmart run, I stayed with my cats, mother in law went inside. Fueled up and soon crossed into New Mexico. My cats were amazingly calm and managed sleep most of the way, and stopped judging my singing along to my music. Yeah during the first bit of the trip, they started meowling every time I wanted to sing. Jerks. I needed to stay awake somehow. We stopped at a Love's gas station in Santa Rosa, the sun was already beginning to set at this time. I managed to snap some photos of the beautiful skyline a few of the desert area. I wish I could have gotten more pics of the mesas.
It was almost pitch black by the time we made it into Albuquerque. A slight detour, thanks to my trusty GPS telling me that there was heavy traffic on hwy 40, lead us into my mother in law's old stomping grounds. My sister in law was born in Albuquerque, so this was a nice trip down memory lane for my mother in law. It was also neat seeing all the colorful license plates. Makes our Texas plates look so boring.
Finally we make it to our hotel, after getting turned around by the construction and being in the wrong lane and having to u-turn 2 miles down the road. We are taking precaution, no matter where we are staying, and bringing in all our important things, in case the worst should happen. The cats were freaked out at first, but they settled in just fine by the time we went to bed.
So today, we woke up around 8, had some breakfast and now the plan is to take a side quest into Santa Fe. We'll have to back track into Albuquerque after, because we are trying to avoid high elevation and mountain passes. Still, the trip will be much shorter today, our next stop will be Cortez, Colorado. A welcome change of pace. 10 hours was way too long of a drive! So far the longest I've ever driven on my own. I will update with any bizarre findings later!
Yesterday was an interesting day. I had originally planned to leave around 6am, get an early start and get to Albuquerque before dark. Well, that plan didn't work out. Instead of waking up at 5am, I slept through my alarm and woke up after 6. So not only am I am hour behind, I still have a few things to pack into the car, like the suitcase of video game consoles and my cats. Oh now, that was fun.
I waited until both cats had their breakfast and their morning potty break. Then as I finished packing up the car, and getting suspicious stares from Sadie, I corralled my cats into the bathroom, their kennels prepped with calming collars attached and some of my worn t-shirts lining the inside. I had this thought in my head that they would need harnesses, so I fitted both of my cats into them, of course they immediately cower down in disgust. It did make it easier to stuff them into their kennels. At this point, I was ready to leave the house, cats in tow. And then the yowling begins.
As I said my goodbyes to my brother in law/roommate, my first stop was at my sister in law's house, where my mother in law was staying. It was already 7 and the sun was up. By the time I met up with her, situated a few last things and said our goodbyes to the fam, we left after 8. So, there goes 2 hours....
Now, if you're from Texas, you know how damn big it is. That being said, it felt like forever before we even crossed into New Mexico. After a few GPS fails and getting turned around by accidentally ending up on business roads, we made it to our first pit stop in Wichita Falls for breakfast. It was really hard to stay awake, so this was a welcome break. I was not comfortable with leaving the cats in the car, so we parked where we could see the cars, I cracked the windows a bit, and we were able to chill for a bit and eat breakfast.
The next 5 hours went fairly smooth. Made one stop in Amarillo to make a Walmart run, I stayed with my cats, mother in law went inside. Fueled up and soon crossed into New Mexico. My cats were amazingly calm and managed sleep most of the way, and stopped judging my singing along to my music. Yeah during the first bit of the trip, they started meowling every time I wanted to sing. Jerks. I needed to stay awake somehow. We stopped at a Love's gas station in Santa Rosa, the sun was already beginning to set at this time. I managed to snap some photos of the beautiful skyline a few of the desert area. I wish I could have gotten more pics of the mesas.
It was almost pitch black by the time we made it into Albuquerque. A slight detour, thanks to my trusty GPS telling me that there was heavy traffic on hwy 40, lead us into my mother in law's old stomping grounds. My sister in law was born in Albuquerque, so this was a nice trip down memory lane for my mother in law. It was also neat seeing all the colorful license plates. Makes our Texas plates look so boring.
Finally we make it to our hotel, after getting turned around by the construction and being in the wrong lane and having to u-turn 2 miles down the road. We are taking precaution, no matter where we are staying, and bringing in all our important things, in case the worst should happen. The cats were freaked out at first, but they settled in just fine by the time we went to bed.
So today, we woke up around 8, had some breakfast and now the plan is to take a side quest into Santa Fe. We'll have to back track into Albuquerque after, because we are trying to avoid high elevation and mountain passes. Still, the trip will be much shorter today, our next stop will be Cortez, Colorado. A welcome change of pace. 10 hours was way too long of a drive! So far the longest I've ever driven on my own. I will update with any bizarre findings later!